Security personnel thrash The Nation reporter
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 13 April 2015 | JP Staff Reporter
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Abdullah Zafar, a reporter for The Nation, was attacked by security personnel in Karachi during a routine check. Journalists' unions have condemned the incident and are calling for an investigation.Summary
KARACHI: Security personnel beat up Abdullah Zafar, a reporter with The Nation during snap-checking in Allah Wali Chowrangi area on Tariq Road, Karachi.
They forced the reporter into their van after the latter exchanged hot words with the traffic police who asked him to show documents of his motorcycle.
“Zafar was beaten up after he refused to apologize to the traffic police for his misbehavior,” a colleague of the reporter told JournalismPakistan.com.
He said the traffic police personnel took the reporter to the security personnel deployed nearby and complained about his alleged misbehavior.
Karachi Union of Journalists and other journalists unions have condemned the incident and demanded an immediate probe.
KEY POINTS:
- Reporter Abdullah Zafar was assaulted in Allah Wali Chowrangi, Karachi.
- The incident occurred during a disagreement with traffic police over document checks.
- Zafar was taken into a security van after refusing to apologize to the police.
- The Karachi Union of Journalists has condemned the attack.
- An investigation into the incident has been demanded by journalists' unions.
